Specify negative DC Discovery cache setting
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Computer
Category
System > Net Logon
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems or Windows XP Professional

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2003, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista, WindowsXP

This policy setting specifies the amount of time (in seconds) the DC locator remembers that a domain controller (DC) could not be found in a domain. When a subsequent attempt to locate the DC occurs within the time set in this setting, DC Discovery immediately fails, without attempting to find the DC. The default value for this setting is 45 seconds. The maximum value for this setting is 7 days (7*24*60*60). The minimum value for this setting is 0. Warning: If the value for this setting is too large, a client will not attempt to find any DCs that were initially unavailable. If the value for this setting is too small, clients will attempt to find DCs even when none are available.

Internal name
Netlogon_NegativeCachePeriod
Policy ID
a6aa3fc6e78c
Elements
1

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.

Policy elements

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ScopeElementTypeRegistry mappingConstraints & behaviorCopy
Computer
Seconds:
ID Netlogon_NegativeCachePeriodLabel
decimal
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Netlogon\Parameters
Value name
NegativeCachePeriod
Type
REG_DWORD
Range: ? to 604800
Seconds:
Computer · Type decimal
Registry mapping
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Netlogon\Parameters
Value name
NegativeCachePeriod
Type
REG_DWORD
Details
Range: ? to 604800